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Creating Equipment Removal Requests

Change requests specify updates to be performed on assets in the external CMMS (for example, SAP) that manages assets and work. AssetWise Enterprise Interoperability (AWEIS) conveys requests to the CMMS and returns information to APM. The asset update is performed in the CMMS and then information such as a new equipment number is communicated back to APM, where the interop asset is updated.

Asset Change Request Types provide settings according to the kind of request: construction form update, property change, status change, equipment removal, or priority change. For more information, see Setting up Asset Change Request Types.

An equipment removal request identifies the asset to be moved, its new location, disposition, and so on. These requests are created manually for the asset, which must have a corresponding asset in the CMMS. The asset type must specify that “Assets of this type support remove equipment requests” in its asset policies. For example:

This topic explains how:

•	To Create an Equipment Removal Request

•	To View Asset Change Requests

To Create an Equipment Removal Request

1.	Locate the asset for which the request is to be made. For example, Select the Assets view, Physical Hierarchy tab and select the asset in the table.

2.	Right-click the asset and click Request Equipment Removal. For example:

Tip: You can also open the Asset window, click the Tools menu, and then click Request Equipment Removal.

The Remove Equipment dialog appears. For example:

3.	Provide equipment removal details:

Setting Name

Description

Request number

APM automatically assigns the next available number to each new asset change request. You can change the number to another unique value.

Requested by

Employee who created the asset change request.

Request type

The asset change request type identifies the purpose of the request: asset properties change, status change, equipment removal, priority change, or construction form update. It also specifies default request status and characteristic map set.

Disposition

The asset disposition indicates the asset’s current situation, for example, “removed for repair”. The disposition can set the asset status, site, and location asset type.

Asset status

Status assigned to the asset by the change request.

Date removed

The date and time at which the asset was removed.

New location

Asset to which the asset has been removed.

Maintenance supervisor

This employee has been assigned the supervisor role in his or her APM employee record.

Construction supervisor

This employee has been assigned the Construction Supervisor role in his or her APM employee record.

Work request

Interop work request associated with the asset change request

Work order

Interop work order associated with the asset change.

Form detail

The construction form detail associated with the change request.

4.	Click OK to save the request and close the dialog.

To View Asset Change Requests

After you have created the change request, you can view it in the Asset window. On the Properties tab, select the Change Requests tab.

You can open the change request to view and change its request status, monitor its interop status, add comments, and view detailed information. For example:

You can view all change requests for the site in the Assets view, Change Requests tab.